As Gun Control Cries Rise, The Real Killers Are Ignored

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Since the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, the cries from the left for federal gun control laws has become louder and louder.  They believe that guns kill, and if those guns are removed from society the killing will stop.  In reality, gun control increases the killing, because it leaves the law abiding citizens unarmed. The criminal element, and those bent on killing, will either find a way to get their hands on firearms, or will find a different instrument for their murderous aims.

What is interesting is while these liberal lefties cry for less freedom under the iron hand of government gun control, they support worse methods of killing.  While crying out for gun control, they support giving aid to countries that fund terrorism, and they support the senseless slaughter of millions of unborn babies.

During World War II, Admiral Yamamoto said that the Japanese Empire would never attack mainland America because there would be a "gun behind every blade of grass."  Tyrants like Hitler and the leaders of the Soviet Union were quick to ban firearms, because an unarmed populace is much easier to control.  That was the thinking behind the 2nd Amendment in the United States Constitution.

The right to keep and bear arms goes back to the American Revolution.  It was the fact that the citizens were armed that enabled the United States to win its independence.  The final straw by the British that caused the Americans to stand against the British, and the move that led to the shot heard around the world, was when the British decided to march towards Concord, Massachusetts to hit the colonies' largest stash of firearms and ammunition.  The Americans stood their ground in Lexington.  It was when the British went to take our guns that triggered the American Revolution.

The Second Amendment was written to specifically only affect the federal government, which is why the language is so definitive.  The final words of the Second Amendment are, "Shall not be infringed."  That means that the federal government, as per the Constitution, has no authority to have any gun laws restricting the right to keep and bear arms in any way, shape, or form.

Before you start jumping up and down claiming I think felons, toddlers, and mentally ill patients should be running around with guns, understand that I am not saying that there should be no regulations. I am simply saying that there should be no federal regulations. It is up to each State on what kind of gun laws they should have.  I wouldn't want Montana to have California's gun laws, and I am sure Californians would not feel too good about having Montana's gun laws.  Each State is different, therefore the laws regarding State issues should be different, too.

Remember, all authorities originally belonged to the States, and when the Constitution was written, creating the new federal government, some of the States' powers were legally transferred to the federal government so that it may function in a manner expressed by the Constitution.  The authority to regulate guns was never transferred to the federal government.  As per the Tenth Amendment, any power not granted to the federal government, nor prohibited to the States, is reserved to the States.

The reason for ensuring that the population retained the right to keep and bear arms, and for not allowing the federal government to infringe on that right for any reason, was not only for personal protection.  The primary reason for the Second Amendment was so that the populace remained armed in case the federal government became a tyranny.  In other words, we have the right to be armed to protect us from a government that would take away our rights.  A government willing to infringe on our right to keep and bear arms is one that is willing to also take away our other rights.

The calls by the democrats for gun control are dangerous.  The Newtown Shooting was not caused by guns, but by a murderous individual who was so dead inside he was willing to kill innocent children.  Gun Control would not have stopped it, and taking guns from the law abiding citizens of America would only welcome more violent crimes - for gun wielding criminals no longer fear death when they believe their victims are unarmed.

Gun Control would open us up to a blood bath.

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